Water-closet seat.



W. ROSENBERGER.

WATER CLOSET BEAT.

APPLICATION rum) rue, 1911.

1,003,802. Patented Sept. 19,1911.

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COLUMBIA PLANOORAPN c0-,WASII|NOTON, D1 CS WILLY ROSENBERGER, OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WATER-CLOSET SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

Application filed February 6, 1911. Serial No. 606,878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, WILLY RosENBERoER,

- a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, re-

' by the user, and also to preserve the seat in a clean condition.

In carrying out the objects of the invention generally stated above itwill be understood, of course, that the essential features thereof arenecessarily susceptible of changes in details and structural arrangement, one preferred and practical embodiment of which is shown in theaccompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of theimproved protector. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation thereof. Fig. 3is a central sectional view of the seat portion of the protector. Figs.4, 5 and 6, are fragmentary detail views, partly in section, showing themanner of fastening the protector to a closet seat. Fig. 7 is a detailperspective view of one of the clamps for fastening the protector to thecloset seat. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary detail view in elevation showingthe front edge of seat portion, or pad, of the protector. Figs. 9 and 10are fragmentary views in vertical section and plan showing the manner ofloosening the top sheet of the pad.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 12 designates theusual or any preferred type of water closet seat, which has the hingearms 13 of clamps 14 pivotally fastened to the under surface thereof.Said clamps 14 project above the sides of said seats and have inwardlyprojecting upper flanges 15 adapted to engage side grooves 16 formed inthe base frame 17 or support of the improved protector. Said base frameis shaped to conform to the contour of the seat 12 and is provided witha central open ing that alines with the similar opening in said seat.The seat 12 has the usual hinge connection 18 with the stationary rearboard 19 that is suitably fastened to the rear portion of the closet. Aswill be clear from the foregoing the frame 17 when held to the seat 12by the clamps 14 is immovable relative to said seat, but by swingingsaid clamps to disengage the same from the grooves 16 the said framecanbe moved independently of said seat.

A seat portion 18, which is composed of a plurality of sheets of paperor other suitable material is placed on the frame 17 and engages spurs18 that project from the seat 12 through frame 17 so that the said frameand sheets are prevented from sliding or slipping relative to said seat.Said seat portion corresponds in shape with the frame 17 and is providedwith the central opening 20 that alines with the similar openings formedthrough the frame and the seat. The sheets which compose the seatportion 18 are arranged in tablet or pad form and the edges thereof atopening 20 are suitably treated to render the same germ and liquidproof. At the rear the corners of the seat portions are notched orbeveled as indicated at 21 to form clearance space for the fingers sothat access can be had to the rear edges of said sheets to permit thesheets to be torn or removed from the pad. At the front edge of the pad18* is beveled as indicated at 22 so that the upper sheets will overhangthe lower sheets and thereby protect the same. In Fig. 8 dotted lineshave been used to indicate the position the front edges of the tabletassumes after the protector has been used, and it will be observed byreferences to said figure that the pressure upon said front edge of thetablet curves the same downwardly which adds to the comfort of the user.The sheets are held in tablet form by the front clip-shape bands 23 andelongated clip-shaped bands 24 which engages the top and the bottom ofsaid pads, said bands being preferably formed of strips of paper orother easily usually tear-able material that is coated with adhesivematerial. The pad is fastened to the frame 17 by the bands 25 which areformed of material similar to that described in connection with thebands 23 and 24.

To facilitate the breaking of the bands 23, 24 and 25 a string, wire orother flexible material 26 has one end fastened to a screw 27 carried bythe rear of frame 17. Said string 26 extends beneath the top sheet ofthe pad as is indicated in Figs. 1, 9 and 10, and projects beyond oneside of the pad and is provided with a hand grip 28 so that the saidprojected end can be readily grasped to draw the string 26 across thepad beneath the top sheet thereof to sever the bands 23, 24 and 25 as isindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. By this means it will be seen thatthe top sheet can be readily removed from the pad when desirable.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that this inventionprovides a strictly sanitary attachment for a water closet seat in whichthe sheets of the protector are so arranged that the user comes incontact with the top sheet only and said top sheet can be readilyremoved after having been used. It will also be seen that the use of theclamps li'normally, rigidly hold the protector in proper position on thecloset seat but when necessary or desirable can be readily released fromthe protector to permit the protector to be raised independently of theseat.

, What I claim as my invention is 1. A water closet protector comprisingclamps pivotally connected to a closet seat, and a protector for saidseat including a base support provided with grooves adapted to beengaged by said clamps to look said protector to said seat.

2. A seat protector'for water closets comprising a base, a pad thereoncomposed of separable sheets, the edges of said sheets being treated torender them germ and liquid proof, the front edges of said sheetarranged in overhanging relation, said sheets having portions of theiredges notched to facilitate grasping the edges of said sheets to permitone of said sheets to be removed from the pad, breakable means forfastening said pad to a water closet seat, and means interposed betweentwo of said sheets for severing said breakable means.

3. A water closet seat protector comprising a plurality of super-imposedsheets arranged in pad form, a base support for said sheet, tearablebands engaging the edges of said sheets, tearable bands for fasteningthe sheets to said base,- and means fastened to said base and interposedbetween two of said sheets to sever said bands.

4. A seat protector for water closets comprising a supporting baseprovided with side grooves, a seat portion carried by said base, andclamps adapted to be pivotally connected to a closet seat and providedwith inwardly-projecting flanged free ends for engaging said grooves tolock said support to said seat. 5. In a device of the characterdescribed the combination with a water closet seat provided with spurs,of a base support in said seat through which said spurs project, a padcarried by said base and engaged by said spurs, means carried by saidseat for locking the base support thereto, said pad being formed ofseparable sheets,breakable means for holding said sheets to saidsupport, and means interposed between two of said sheets for severingsaid breakable means.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

Y WILLY ROSENBERGER.

Witnesses:

LoUIs F. THIEL, E. C. WINTRINGHAM.

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